Photo of husband posted on Facebook group with allegation - legalities?

[Hattie24]

Earlier I was alerted to a post by a woman on our town’s community Facebook page. It is a rant about a flat in her block being used by a group of prostitutes which is causing issues at unsociable hours and how the landlord isn’t doing anything about it. Under this there are photos of various men at the entrance of the block of flats and one of them is my husband. The insinuation is that these have all been visiting that flat.

I want to know the legalities of this woman posting such an allegation as she is outright refusing to remove the post. It is obviously extremely humiliating for me (friends and no doubt colleagues have seen it) and there’s so many comments underneath. We’ve been on a ‘break’ due to various issues but still living together and haven’t been intimate for nearly a year so I don’t need a lecture on how I shouldn’t have married such a man.

Is it me or is someone putting up a post like this without any thought for the consequences on various families etc utterly disgusting?

Oh, @Hattie24 you're angry at the wrooooooong person, my love

Photos can be taken of people in public places.
Second, does this post actually say these are the people attending the brothel?
If it doesn't, then photos of men in what I presume is a public place are attached.

And again you still haven't mentioned how he feels about it?

Well it isn’t salacious gossip, there is evidence of him and others visiting the flat which is believed to being used as a brothel. Although visiting it isn’t a criminal offence, keeping a brothel certainly is.
hopefully this evidence will be submitted to the housing association or local authority to evict the tenant

Physio = sex worker.....No?

Nonsense. Take thess photos from the Oasis concert, do you think the BBC have asked a few thousand people for consent? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9y5z5nqe1o

It isn’t in public spaces
not at all

There's no law saying you can't post a photo of someone else's child online either, especially if it was taken in public and you own the rights.

Op said herself : No I am struggling to believe him unfortunately

If OPs doubt is well founded and he’s likely guilty of what they are accusing him of they won’t have a leg to stand on.

And it will only bring more attention to what he’s (probably) did , if they try send out “Big Billy Baws” legal warnings like some on this thread are suggesting

i do hope he wasn’t visiting this place while you were both still in a relationship. If it were me in your shoes I’d be booking myself a full sexual health check.

edited for grammar.

Was he shocked when you spoke to him, or did he lie easily.
Start organising a divorce.

Don’t know about legality of posting photos of people on FB but surely posting photos of men and suggesting they are using prostitutes is illegal as there is no proof any of them are doing anything wrong. However you seem to think she is accurate so instead of being angry at her, direct it at your husband and think how you would feel if that was happening near you.

Whether it's classed as a brothel or not, will depends on how many prostitutes there are.

If it's just one, it's not a brothel.

Mind you, it's not a 'physio' either 👀

yeah physio thats a new name for it

if its not true she can be done for libel if itg is tough

Can you post the UK act which makes that against the law?

Of course he’s lying. Don’t be ludicrous. No physio works out of a block of flats. He was seeing a woman for sex. Wise up.

Still, that doesn’t make her post any less humiliating. Also her defence to the libel will be ‘truth’.

Can you imagine it …
a trail of scum bag men in and out all day, , up and down the stairs as you are going about your daily life, spilling into the nighttime economy where it goes from feeling frustrating and uncomfortable in daylight hours to downright seedy and terrifying at night

The relationship is over. Cut him out and get higher standards. He is to blame!

Absolutely and libel onky works if the OP can prove that the insinuation (which in itself isn’t an allegation but it is based on probability of being true!) Isn’t true. I would suggest if he was at the flat of a known brothel there is no libel case as it can’t be proven.

this should be easily proven and if no physio is listed at that address its different therapy he has sought

visiting a prostitute is not illegal

Prostitution is not illegal

Soliciting is

Please educate yourself before offering armchair advice

So basically you're embarrassed that your husband has been caught on camera paying for sex. Your concern is clearly for you, that people will judge you. They shouldn't, but they should judge the hell out of him.

As always, it seems no one is offering advice that truly addresses what the OP is asking for. Everyone is too busy making assumptions, accusations, and judgments.

OP

You need to report the issue to Facebook at least 10 times before they are likely to take action. It’s also a good idea to seek professional legal advice from qualified solicitors and consider taking legal action if necessary.

I've had to put up with similar many years ago and it wasn't fun, especially when my friend's 13 year old daughter was propositioned by an utter dirty scumbag.

If I was ever put in that situation again, I'd be gunning for the prostitute too, for bringing all the low life scumbags to my front door.

It's absolutely disgusting. These men are totally amoral.